ARTICLE 12
Aviation Security
(1)
accordance
In
international law,
(August,
with their rights and
obligations
under
the Parties reaffirm that the Agreement
relationship, 1987) to protect, in their mutual
the
security of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference forms an integral part of this Agreement.
(2) The Parties shall provide upon request all necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of unlawful seizure of aircraft and other unlawful acts againtst the safety of air navigation
crew, aircraft,
airports
and
passangers, facilities and any other threat to aviation security.
of
on
the
(3) The parties shall act in conformity with the provisions the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed Board
signed Aircraft,
at Tokyo on 14 September 1963, Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at the Hague on 16 December 1970 and the Convention the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971.
for
in
or
(4) The Parties shall, in their mutual relations, act conformity with the aviation security provisions established by the International Civil Aviation Organization and designated as Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation; they shall require that operators of aircraft of their registry
who have their operators
of place
business or
permanent residence in their territory and the operators of airport in their territory act in conformity with such aviation security provisions.
principal
of
(5) Each Party agrees to observe the security provisions required by the other Party for entry into the territory that other Party and to take adequate measures to protect items aircraft and to inspect passangers, crew their carry-on
well
prior to cargo and aircraft stores
and during
boarding
loading. or
Each Party shall also give positive consideration to any request from the other Party for special security measures to meet a particular threat.
as
as
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